linux-kernel - [PATCH] proc: Report file name on detected read

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Date:	Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:09:34 +0200
From:	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	"Helight.Xu" <helight.xu@...il.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH] proc: Report file name on detected read_proc overflow

This can help identifying the buggy read_proc handler.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
---
 fs/proc/generic.c |   12 +++++++++---
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 08f4d71..cc7e671 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ __proc_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes,
 		if (start == NULL) {
 			if (n > PAGE_SIZE) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR
-				       "proc_file_read: Apparent buffer overflow!\n");
+				       "proc_file_read: Apparent buffer "
+				       "overflow reading \"%s\"!\n",
+				       file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
 				n = PAGE_SIZE;
 			}
 			n -= *ppos;
@@ -144,7 +146,9 @@ __proc_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes,
 		} else if (start < page) {
 			if (n > PAGE_SIZE) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR
-				       "proc_file_read: Apparent buffer overflow!\n");
+				       "proc_file_read: Apparent buffer "
+				       "overflow reading \"%s\"!\n",
+				       file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
 				n = PAGE_SIZE;
 			}
 			if (n > count) {
@@ -159,7 +163,9 @@ __proc_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes,
 			unsigned long startoff = (unsigned long)(start - page);
 			if (n > (PAGE_SIZE - startoff)) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR
-				       "proc_file_read: Apparent buffer overflow!\n");
+				       "proc_file_read: Apparent buffer "
+				       "overflow reading \"%s\"!\n",
+				       file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
 				n = PAGE_SIZE - startoff;
 			}
 			if (n > count)

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